Proposed amendment to SOP No 259
Hon Maggie Barry, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 25
Replace clause 25 (page 22) with:
25 Effect on contracts of death under this Act
A person who dies as a result of assisted dying is, for the purposes of any life insurance contract, or any other contract, taken to have died as a result of the administration of medication as detailed in section 16, if that was the actual cause of the person’s death.